Rotherham - Song of Solomon - 2

2:1  [SHE] I am The meadow-saffron of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.

2:2  [HE] As a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!

2:3  [SHE] As an apple-tree among the trees of the forest, So, is my beloved, among the sons: In his shade, I greatly delighted and sat down, And, his fruit, was sweet to my taste.

2:4  He hath brought me into the house of wine, and, his banner over me, is love.

2:5  Sustain me with raisin-cakes, refresh me with apples,—for sick with love, I am.

2:6  His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me!

2:7  [HE] I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,—That ye wake not, nor arouse, the dear love until she please! [****]

2:8  [SHE] The voice of my beloved! Lo! here he cometh,—leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

2:9  Resembleth, my beloved, a gazelle, or a young stag,—Lo! here he is, standing behind our wall, looking in at the windows, peeping in at the lattice.

2:10  Responded my beloved, and said to me,—Rise up! my fair—my beautiful—one, and come away,

2:11  For lo, the winter, is past,—the rain, is over, [and] gone;

2:12  The flowers, have appeared in the earth, the time of the spring-song, hath come,—and, the voice of the turtle, is heard in our land;

2:13  The fig-tree, hath spiced her green figs, and, the vines—all blossom, yield fragrance,—Rise up! my fair—my beautiful—one, and come away!

2:14  [HE] O my dove! In the retreats of the crag, in the hiding-place of the terrace, Let me see thy form, Let me hear thy voice,—For, thy voice, is sweet, and, thy form, comely.

2:15  [BOTH] Take ye for us, the foxes, the little foxes that are spoiling the vines,—and, our vines, are all blossom!

2:16  [SHE] My beloved, is, mine, and, I, am, his, he that pastureth among lilies!

2:17  Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, Again, liken thyself, my beloved, to a gazelle, or to a young stag, upon the cleft mountains. [****]